Written by: E. George
Published December 7, 2023 @ 8:30 PM ET
FLOYD COUNTY, Ga. – On May 13, 2020, Georgia Department of Transportation employees discovered the bodies of two sisters, 19-year-old Vanita Richardson and 30-year-old Clarice Truvenia Campbell, under the East Rome Bypass Bridge. On November 21, 2023, one of three suspects arrested for the crimes received a guilty conviction of capital murder by a Cherokee County, Alabama, jury, who reached their verdict in less than 60 minutes.
Court documents revealed that Desmond Lavonta Brown believed Richardson and Campbell stole his wallet at a birthday party and organized a car ride with them and two other men. While searching the sisters for the wallet, they allegedly shot and killed them, then disposed of their bodies.
They covered the women’s heads with plastic bags and tossed them from the bridge. They were found near Grizzard Park by a bank of the Etowah River. Brown’s wallet was later found in his home behind a
